Twilio Features

Enables users to place phone calls over the internet.

Enables users to place video calls over the internet.

Enables users to send instant messages over the internet.

Enables users to share screens over the internet.

Enables multiple users to make phone or video calls over the internet at once.

Enables users to contact one anothers through mobile phones and landlines.

Send messages via SMS

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Record and playback video calls

Presenter can see and hear participants and vice versa

Enables the connectivity to send and receive calls over the internet

Offers users the option to play music for contacts who are on hold.

Offers users the option to set up an automated attendant to field calls and information when employees are unavailable.

Offers users a unique number that can be dialed from anywhere.

Allows users to download the tool as an add-on to subscriptions to specific services such as Outlook 365.

Allows users to download the tool along as an extension to their browser of choice.

Requires users download the software on its own.

Enables users to send mass text message campaigns

Facilitates two-way text messaging to encourage consumer engagement and loyalty

Provides the ability to schedule single or bulk text messages to recipients on a specific date and time

Provides automatic text message replies to recipients

Provides automatic URL shortening to use less characters via text

Sends out multimedia via text messages, such as coupons, pictures, and audio

Offers features for personalizing text messages based on customer information or past behavior

Allows users to establish automated workflows and triggers to deliver transactional text messages

Shorten long links into custom or branded links

Send messages via SMS

Send individual or bulk text messages at predetermined times

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Send and receive text messages to communicate with clients or prospects in real-time

Empowers developers to intuitively integrate cloud communications functionality for their applications.

Grants high speed API calls for fast communications.

Consolidate and integrate communication tools as one platform or entity to enhance business communication and collaboration

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Computer-telephony integration is the use of computers to manage telephone calls

Allows communication with customers or users via multiple channels such as phone, email, live chat, etc.

Provides clear, effective documentation for API integrations.

Connects users with professional support teams to troubleshoot and finetune integrations.

Provides pre-built or customizable performance reports

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Offers a white labeling service for agencies or resellers to customize platform branding

Text enables landline phones so users can receive text messages sent to an existing business number

Provides businesses with 5- to 6-digit short codes for running text marketing campaigns

Facilitates the integration of text messaging into existing business applications through an SMS gateway API

Matrix barcode that stores information

Allows developers to add a live chat to their application.

Allows developers to allow app users to share their screens with one another.

Automatically subtitles and captions video on the platform or allows app users to add their own.

Allows developers to create their own custom video players.

Allows users to simultaneously live stream on multiple platforms.

Encrypts content on the platform.

Allows users to add watermarks to their videos.

Platform is compliant with HIPAA guidelines.

Platform is compliant with GDPR guidelines.

Supports incoming calls, call forwarding, transferring and conferencing.

Can handle voicemail, instant messaging, screen sharing, video calls, text messages or other forms of communication for the business.

Scales to add additional phone capacity in order to accommodate growth in an organization.

Integrates with business tools such as CRMs, APIs, browsers, business music and more.

Able to connect with employee's mobile devices for further ease of access.

Accessible from any location with wifi connection via cloud infrastructure.

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Monitor wait time and abandonment for incoming requests that have not been routed

Computer-telephony integration is the use of computers to manage telephone calls

Manage and track all past and future calls.

Ensures security of voice communications with encryption for calls.

Provides call analytics based on data such as call volumes, durations, and other metrics.

Provides virtual technical support for business communication services for improving phone performance.

Offers an automated attendant to field calls when employees are unavailable.

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Allows users to establish automated workflows and triggers to deliver transactional WhatsApp messages and notifications

Enables users to send mass WhatsApp marketing campaigns

Facilitates two-way WhatsApp messaging to encourage subscriber engagement and loyalty

Offers features for personalizing WhatsApp messages based on customer information or past behavior

Allow users to share promotions with subscribers via WhatsApp

Provides automated WhatsApp message replies to recipients

Deliver tailored promotions to specific audience segments

Facilitates the integration of WhatsApp messaging into existing business applications through WhatsApp Business API

Allow customers to browse, discover, research, purchase, and complete payment in real-time

Provides analytics on opt-ins, open and delivery rates, and click-throughs

Contains PBX & VoIP softphone that can be used within the VoIP business system.

Manages incoming calls with features such as call forwarding, transferring, and routing.

Supports real-time network monitoring via dashboards and alerts to identify and resolve issues.

Enables integrations with communication and CRM platforms.

Provides compatibility with both hosted and virtual PBX solutions.

Supports SIP trunking services for local and long-distance calls.

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Manage and track all past and future calls.

Manage all call center activities including call monitoring, call recording, call answering, call transfer, etc.

Monitor wait time and abandonment for incoming requests that have not been routed

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Computer-telephony integration is the use of computers to manage telephone calls

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Listen to live phone conversations for the purpose of training and assessing agent performance

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Integration with third-party call center software

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Plan and strategize marketing campaigns

Manage and support multiple languages

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Offers features for personalizing text messages based on customer information or past behavior.

Provide rich media such as videos, images, carousels, cards, branded templates, etc.

Offer interactive text, buttons or suggested replies for customers to enagage with.

Provide customizable, reusable templates to ensure consistent branding across campaigns.

Enable automated RCS messaging based on triggers, workflows, or scheduling.

Provide two-way messaging, allowing customers to reply and engage in real-time conversations.

Supports transactional alerts such as reminders, confirmations, or notifications.

Provide promotional campaigns with direct website or app actions embedded in messages.

Provide a verified, branded sender profile.

Provide encryption to protect message content, ensuring secure and compliant communication.

Provide authentication mechanisms such as one-time passwords (OTP) or two-factor verification to authenticate users

Provide read receipts and delivery status indicators so businesses can confirm when messages are delivered and opened.

Offer analytics on message delivery, open rates, or campaign performance.

Provide the ability to automatically send messages via SMS or MMS when RCS is not supported, ensuring reliable delivery across all devices and carriers.

Provide AI features such as chatbots, smart replies, or sentiment analysis to enhance conversational RCS.

Uses AI to automate audience targeting, SMS message personalization, and performance optimization.

Use AI to generate personalizaed SMS copy for SMS campaigns

Ability to chat online in real time

Allows communication with customers or users via multiple channels such as phone, email, live chat, etc.

Alter the layout and content of reports

Process to identify source of incoming calls, date, time, duration or caller type using a unique phone number

Distribute/route/connect calls

Receive data and information in real time

Workflows that help acquire inventory, issue purchase orders and receive and store items in required quantity

Access names, contact information, and roles of employees in a centralized repository

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Provide agents with a typical response for common call subject matter

Active reporting of data and metrics

Record the audio of phone conversations for quality assurance purposes

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

System that automatically dials calls

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Centralized database of stakeholders and their contact information such as names, address, phone number etc.

Transfers live calls to other agents

Track and report on all incoming and outgoing calls

Collects essential call data such as call origin, call destination, call length, and other transaction details

Computer-based system that allows users to send and receive voice messages

Identify the number and contact information of a caller before answering the phone

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Schedules callback times

Read and accept a combination of touch tone keypad selections and voice inputs and provide the appropriate prerecorded voice response

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track interaction history by documenting conversations for contacts

Sends voice calls to a specific queue based on predetermined criteria

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Connect with meeting participants remotely over video

Facilitate virtual conferences that connect multiple people remotely

Track and report on call outcomes

System calls multiple numbers at once and connects the agent to the first number that answers

Filters used to determine different types of malware threats

Record the audio of phone conversations for quality assurance purposes

Store caller information within an accessible database

Allow multiple users with individual logins and varying permissions to use the same account, software, portal, or service

Place/receive calls through voice over IP connection

Turns text into natural sounding speech

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Place callers on hold sorted in line based on the order of the incoming calls until the next available agent can pick up the call

View caller ID details such as name and number and determine how to respond by prioritizing or blocking it

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Transmit voice and other information digitally

Consolidate and integrate communication tools as one platform or entity to enhance business communication and collaboration

Transcribe voicemail audio messages to written text that is sent over email

Automatic reply functionality for incoming messages

Communicate using direct chat or messages within the system

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Record the audio of phone conversations for quality assurance purposes

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Categorize emotions expressed in written text or images and identify if they are positive, negative or neutral

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Active reporting of data and metrics

Send messages via SMS

Track interaction history by documenting conversations for contacts

Audio/Video Conferencing

Listen to live phone conversations for the purpose of training and assessing agent performance

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Sends voice calls to a specific queue based on predetermined criteria

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Computer-based system that allows users to send and receive voice messages

Manage and support multiple languages

Presenter can see and hear participants and vice versa

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Ability to chat online in real time

Identify the number and contact information of a caller before answering the phone

Read and accept a combination of touch tone keypad selections and voice inputs and provide the appropriate prerecorded voice response

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Send promotional campaigns or transactional messages via text messages

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

AI-based platform which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Set campaign schedules by selecting start, pause, and end dates

Monitor and manage customers' perceptions about a business, product, or service

Enable custom polls/voting to facilitate decision-making or increase engagement

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Process of dividing customers into groups based on common characteristics

Create landing pages or online forms designed to capture new leads and prospects

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Messaging system designed for contests and sweepstakes

Electronic coupons delivered to a mobile device that can be exchanged for a discount

Process and analyze human language in text or audio form

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Send automated marketing emails based on user actions over a predetermined period

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Track and monitor a specific set of keywords

Manage multiple campaigns in one system

Send messages to multiple subscribers at the same time

Track interaction history by documenting conversations for contacts

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Manage user consent requests and documents

Tracks metrics that provide insight into how a user interacts with any interface or product

Track the number of open emails, messages, and texts for any campaign

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Automatic reply functionality for incoming messages

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Sample files or documents that could be customized as needed or used as is

Create and manage surveys

Centralized database of stakeholders and their contact information such as names, address, phone number etc.

Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity

Notifications via mobile devices

Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications

Create a collection of marketing actions to complete specific goals and plan and analyze campaign results

Sending/receiving messages with multimedia content like images, audio, or video over a cellular network

Predefined actions automatically performed on the occurance of specific events

Unique word that contains letters or numbers that identifies specific campaigns

Identify a particular segment of population based on specific criteria and customize your efforts to attract their attention

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Create and automatically send premade copy in response to customer messages

Create and administer polls and surveys

Track and report on call outcomes

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Process to identify source of incoming calls, date, time, duration or caller type using a unique phone number

Send messages via SMS

Sends voice calls to a specific queue based on predetermined criteria

Record the audio of phone conversations for quality assurance purposes

Transfers live calls to other agents

Schedules callback times

Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals

Distribute/route/connect calls

Track interaction history by documenting conversations for contacts

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

Record the audio of phone conversations for quality assurance purposes

Access software remotely via mobile devices

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Read and accept a combination of touch tone keypad selections and voice inputs and provide the appropriate prerecorded voice response

Alter the layout and content of reports

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Listen to live phone conversations for the purpose of training and assessing agent performance

Computer-based system that allows users to send and receive voice messages

Connect with meeting participants remotely over video

Identify the number and contact information of a caller before answering the phone

Enables the connectivity to send and receive calls over the internet

For Cloud-based phone system that sends and receives calls via the internet.